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An attribute of Shayth (a) is that the human's lineage reaches back to him; as the children and descendants of Qabil were all lost.<ref>Sharaf al-Dīn, ''al-Mawsūʿa al-Qurʾānīyya'', vol. 2, p. 140.</ref> Based on historical sources, Qabil's family committed sins such as adultery, drinking alcohol, [[fire-worship]] and using the instruments of play and dissipation and were perished by the [[storm of Noah (a)]] and only the family of Shayth (a) survived.<ref>Thaʿlabī, ''Tafsīr al-Thaʿlabī'', vol. 4, p. 53; Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 3, p. 287.</ref> | An attribute of Shayth (a) is that the human's lineage reaches back to him; as the children and descendants of Qabil were all lost.<ref>Sharaf al-Dīn, ''al-Mawsūʿa al-Qurʾānīyya'', vol. 2, p. 140.</ref> Based on historical sources, Qabil's family committed sins such as adultery, drinking alcohol, [[fire-worship]] and using the instruments of play and dissipation and were perished by the [[storm of Noah (a)]] and only the family of Shayth (a) survived.<ref>Thaʿlabī, ''Tafsīr al-Thaʿlabī'', vol. 4, p. 53; Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ al-bayān'', vol. 3, p. 287.</ref> | ||
== Adam's (a) | == Adam's (a) Succession and Prophethood == | ||
By the order of [[God]], Shayth (a) became the | By the order of [[God]], Shayth (a) became the successor of Adam<ref>ʿAskarī, ''ʿAqāʾid-i Islām'', vol. 3, p. 63, 231.</ref> (a) and received all the knowledge Adam (a) was given.<ref>ʿAskarī, ''ʿAqāʾid-i Islām'', vol. 3, p. 63, 229.</ref> After Adam (a) passed away, Shayth (a) reached [[prophethood]]<ref>Ibn Kathīr, ''al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya'', vol. 1, p. 99.</ref> and began his leadership and government among people. Shayth (a) administered Adam's (a) principles including the rules and punishments of the corrupt and ordered people to piety and good deeds.<ref>ʿAskarī, ''ʿAqāʾid-i Islām'', vol. 3, p. 64-65.</ref> | ||
In order that Shayth (a) does not end in the same destiny as of Habil because of Qabil's [[envy]], Adam (a) advised Shayth (a) to conceal his knowledge and position from [[Qabil]].<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Manāhij al-bayān'', vol. 2, p. 174.</ref> Therefore, Shayth (a) practiced [[taqiyya]] (dissimulation) for a while.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tarjuma-yi tafsīr-i Ṭabarī'', vol. 2, p. 399.</ref> There are also reports mentioning the threatening of Shayth (a) by Qabil after Shayth (a) was chosen as Adam's (a) | In order that Shayth (a) does not end in the same destiny as of Habil because of Qabil's [[envy]], Adam (a) advised Shayth (a) to conceal his knowledge and position from [[Qabil]].<ref>Malikī Mīyānjī, ''Manāhij al-bayān'', vol. 2, p. 174.</ref> Therefore, Shayth (a) practiced [[taqiyya]] (dissimulation) for a while.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tarjuma-yi tafsīr-i Ṭabarī'', vol. 2, p. 399.</ref> There are also reports mentioning the threatening of Shayth (a) by Qabil after Shayth (a) was chosen as Adam's (a) successor.<ref>ʿAyyāshī, ''Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī'', vol. 1, p. 104.</ref> | ||
It is transmitted from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that when [[Adam (a)]] passed away, Shayth (a) asked angel [[Gabriel]] to lead the prayer upon Adam's body. Gabriel said, "God ordered us to [[prostrate]] to your father and we do not get ahead of his righteous children and you are the best of his children."<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh'', vol. 1, p. 163.</ref> | It is transmitted from [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that when [[Adam (a)]] passed away, Shayth (a) asked angel [[Gabriel]] to lead the prayer upon Adam's body. Gabriel said, "God ordered us to [[prostrate]] to your father and we do not get ahead of his righteous children and you are the best of his children."<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Man lā yaḥḍuruh al-faqīh'', vol. 1, p. 163.</ref> | ||